A Timeless Collaboration from Eliane Fattal and Sotheby's Diamonds
From turning Art Deco hair combs into luxurious modern earrings to repurposing 19th century diamonds butterflies into a glamorous new necklace, Fattal transforms and sculpts antique jewels to breathe new life into them and reveal their timeless beauty and significance to a contemporary audience Next month, the artist-jeweller will present eight pieces created in close collaboration with Sotheby's Diamonds, in a selling-exhibition that will take place during Sotheby's Old Masters Week in London from 30 November until 5 December 2018 Each piece is based on 19th or 20th-century jewels re-imagined to seamlessly incorporate beautiful rare diamonds.
Highlights include the Lucky Charm earrings which were formerly worn as hair comb tops, but are now a stunning pair of early Art Deco diamond pavé set and onyx horseshoe earrings, mounted in platinum and adorned with a detachable square emerald cut diamond, respectively weighing 14.26 and 14.18 carats Fattal's Wild At Heart ring features a 19th century wild rose flower head in full bloom, symbolic of love and adoration, with five pavé set heart-shaped petals, each with a pear-shaped diamond, centered on a 5.53 carat cushion modified brilliant cut yellow diamond Her aesthetic is demonstrated by her Butterflies necklace which takes a pair of 19th century diamond butterflies with demantoid garnet accents, mounted in platinum and gold and carrying two pear-shaped white diamonds, respectively weighing 517 carats and 309 carats, and re-imagines them in a modern pavé set diamond necklace.
Patti Wong, Founder and Chairman of Sotheby's Diamonds, said: "Eliane and I have in common a longstanding appreciation of vintage jewels and a fervent desire to communicate our passion so when the idea of a collaboration came along, I was delighted For us, diamonds are the masterpieces, always at the heart of the composition Eliane managed to create the perfect setting for them and, by doing so, magically infuse masterpieces of the past with new light and life". Source